seizing the opportunity
seizing the opportunity is the present participle and gerund of seize the opportunity.
Meaning of seize the opportunity
Verb
seize the opportunity (third-person singular simple present seizes the opportunity, present participle seizing the opportunity, simple past and past participle seized the opportunity)
- To immediately seize a particular opportunity.
- Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- jump at the chance, jump at the opportunity
Questions about seizing the opportunity
- What is seizing the opportunity the present participle and gerund of?
- Seizing the opportunity is the present participle and gerund of seize the opportunity.
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